The Fender J Bass for Tone Tweakers!

Your Fender American Deluxe Jazz electric bass will really bump up your game with its host of modern features and all-around remarkable build. Mounted on a resonating select alder body -- with a premium ash body on clear/transparent finishes -- your pair of active/passive N3 Noiseless Jazz Bass pickups deliver unyielding tonal projection and pave a versatile road of genre-hopping possibilities. The modern C-shaped maple neck is comfortable to hold, and with active three-band EQ controls, a pickup balancer, and active/passive pickup controls, you'll seamlessly slide through genre-treading sounds in no time. Get ready to enhance your game as you explore the vast tonal variety this USA-made Deluxe J Bass has to offer.

Total Tone Control

Right below your two N3 noiseless pickups are your master volume knob, pickup panning knob, three band EQ knobs, and passive/active switch. Your pickup balance knob gives you a smooth and seamless scale of combinations of each pickup to choose from as opposed to a pickup selector switch -- which would give only single setting options for each pickup. All controls are seated comfortably below your pickups for easy access during your set, so you can always count on being the master of your tone with ease and convenience.

Superior Tonewoods

Your American Deluxe's select alder body, with a premium ash body on the clear/transparent finishes, are great templates for a bass that yearns to traverse genres and tones. While great for jazz, this versatile tool can't really be pigeonholed into one sonic style. Talk about playability -- the body has a contoured heel which gives you easier access to those higher frets. Carved in a modern C-shape, the maple neck is a comfortable fit in your hands, and the smooth rosewood fretboard of 21 medium jumbo frets is attractive to the eyes and welcoming to the touch. Comfort, lasting sustain, and alluring resonance are the wonderful acoustic aspects of this superior machine of charismatic tone.

Brand New Pair of N3 Noiseless Pickups

This American Deluxe J Bass' ear-catching tonewoods and extensive control features are further enhanced by a select pairing of Fender's new N3 Noiseless pickups. They offer a tighter low-end response and more frequency room for you to take advantage of with your three-band EQ controls. In addition, you have the option of switching between battery-powered active tone and passive tone. In passive mode, you have a tone knob to further your output sound options, and if you switch over to your battery-powered preamped active tone, you'll be able to reduce any unwanted hum or cable noise and get an extra-quiet, softer, and more detailed sound. With this many tonal options, you'll be exploring the reaches of your American Deluxe Jazz Bass for years to come.

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Product Description

Fenders American Deluxe Jazz Bass delivers the modern features that bassists demand in a sleekly familiar design. A reengineered preamp circuit delivers deeply exhilarating active and passive tone, and powerful-yet-quiet N3 noiseless pickups present more clean headroom and EQ range than ever. Other features include active/passive switch and passive tone control for even more tonal options, and classic Jazz Bass block fretboard inlays and binding. This version of the Fender American Deluxe Jazz Bass features a rosewood fretboard for slightly warmer tone.

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"DELUXE JAZZ BASS DREAM!"

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After playing and owning several Great Bass Guitars, this is the one for me! The neck is thin and very comfortable, The instrument is very light and I can play longer with out any Back pain. Love the endless Tonal options you get from this baby. Just an all purpose Bass Guitar! There is so much to say about this instrument, but I am not expert; just a fairly new Bass player for about two years and have played over a dozen Bass guitars mostly High end. The Fender Jazz Bass is the Bass above all Basses in my humble opinion!

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"Awesome Tone"

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I had a problem with the first bass I received. The Active/Passive toggle did not work. zZounds quickly helped me get a replacement. This bass is beautiful. The paint job, and fretwork were flawless. The N3 Noiseless pickups sound better than I expected. In fact, my wife came to the side of the stage on the first song, to tell me that "that bass sounds awesome" The sound is very even across the neck, and in fact, I don't think you would ever need to use compression with this bass. The sound is that even. It is pretty light for a Fender. Last weekend, we played two shows that day for a total of 8 hours of playing, and my back never hurt once, and I have a bad back. I play through an Ampeg SVT all tube head, and an Ampeg SVT 410HLF, and the sound that I get is amazing. The bass comes with Active/Passive electronics, and I have switched to Active in the middle of a song, to get a little more cut through, and no one ever knew, although it did punch through the mix better for that song. The bass comes with a few accessories, strap, strap locks, and tools in a great case. I think it's an SKB, and it's nice. The bass is expensive, but like they say, You get what you pay for, and I would buy this bass over again and again. Plus zZounds has the payment options, so that really helps with the wife. If your married, you know what I mean. If there were more stars, I would have given it more!

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